Taro Aso, Japan's prime minister and president of the Libera

JAPAN - AUGUST 12: Taro Aso, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), right, and Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), leave the podium after their debate in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. The world's second-largest economy is emerging from recession ahead of a national election on Aug. 30 that polls show Aso's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is expected to lose. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)